1729 in Wales

Updated on Nov 02, 2023

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1729 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

Prince of Wales - Frederick (from 8 January)

Princess of Wales - vacant

8 January - Prince Frederick, son of King George II, is created Prince of Wales, nearly two years after his father's accession.

1 March - A St. David's Society is established by Welsh immigrants in Philadelphia.

13 March - Bussy Mansel, 4th Baron Mansel, marries Barbara Villiers, daughter of William Villiers, 2nd Earl of Jersey.

19 October - John Harris becomes Bishop of Llandaff.

date unknown

Zachariah Williams is admitted as a poor brother pensioner of the Charterhouse in London.

Lewis Morris, eldest of the noted Morris brothers of Anglesey, becomes a customs official.

Christmas Samuel - Golwg ar y Testament Newydd

6 January - Anne Penny, née Hughes, poet (died 1784)

probable - Joseph Turner, architect (died 1807)

29 April - Sir Stephen Glynne, 3rd Baronet, 64

June - Thomas Baddy, Independent minister and author

September - Sir Stephen Glynne, 4th Baronet, 35?

1 September - Sir Richard Steele, satirist, 57

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